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Lawyers from the city of Deming and
Hidalgo County agreed to the settlement earlier this week.

"It was medically unethical and
unconstitutional," his lawyer, Shannon Kennedy, told the
Associated Press. "He feels relieved that this part is over and
believes this litigation might make sure this doesn't happen to
anyone else."

Eckert was pulled over for failing to
yield at a stop sign last January. When Eckert appeared to be
"clutching his buttocks," police called in a K-9 to the scene,
despite the fact that the dog's license expired in 2011.

The dog
indicated there were drugs in the car and police obtained a warrant
for an anal cavity search, despite finding no other evidence of drugs
in the car.

The following exams were then performed
on Eckert at Gila Regional Medical Center, where Eckert was taken
after a first hospital refused to examine him on the grounds that
such a search was "unethical."

1. Eckert's abdominal area was x-rayed;
no narcotics were found.

2. Doctors then performed an exam of
Eckert's anus with their fingers; no narcotics were found.

3. Doctors performed a second exam of
Eckert's anus with their fingers; no narcotics were found.

4. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to
insert an enema. Eckert was forced to defecate in front of doctors
and police officers. Eckert watched as doctors searched his stool. No
narcotics were found.

5. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to
insert an enema a second time. Eckert was forced to defecate in front
of doctors and police officers. Eckert watched as doctors searched
his stool. No narcotics were found.

6. Doctors penetrated Eckert's anus to
insert an enema a third time. Eckert was forced to defecate in front
of doctors and police officers. Eckert watched as doctors searched
his stool. No narcotics were found.

7. Doctors then x-rayed Eckert again;
no narcotics were found.

8. Doctors prepared Eckert for surgery,
sedated him, and then performed a colonoscopy where a scope with a
camera was inserted into Eckert's anus, rectum, colon, and large
intestines. No narcotics were found.

Eckert's suit also named Gila Medical
Center and the doctors who performed the search there; that portion of the
case is still ongoing.